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>> they've prosecutes terrorism cases. >> of course, sure. there's no question they can handle it, and i agree with you on the mission creep argument. it's a smart move. it's also a smart move to put it in a place where it's not subject to ending if mueller gets fired and his team gets disbanded. and i think it's a good argument to say, listen, these are trump's people. it's trump's doj. it's trump's u.s. attorney. they're still moving forward. a federal judge has approved this search warrant. so we're now not in mueller, you know, witch hunt land anymore despite the president's earlier commen...

>> oh, sure. i mean the southern district can handle any kind of investigation. >> they've prosecutes terrorism cases. >> sure, anything. there's no question they can handle it, and i agree with you on the mission creep argument. it's a smart move. it's also a smart move to put it in a place where it's not subject to ending if mueller gets fired and his team gets disbanded. and i think it's a good argument to say, listen, these are trump's people. it's trump's doj. it's trump's u.s. attorney. they're still moving forward. a federal judge has approved this search warrant. so we're now not in mu...

Attorney general rosenstein articulated in that memo, because manafort is already challenging the legitimacy of the probe, is being sent to other prosecutors. you worked in that office. is this a typical kind of investigation that that office would and could handle? >> oh, sure. i mean the southern district can handle any kind of investigation. >> they've prosecutes terrorism cases. >> sure, anything. there's no question they can handle it, and i agree with you on the mission creep argument. it's a smart move. it's also a smart move to put it in a place where it's not subject to ending if muel...

Breaking news, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has a new right-hand man in the russia investigation. this is an important step, rosenstein picking the veteran prosecutor ed o'callahan. he will serve as the acting principal associate deputy attorney general. this comes on the same day that the first sentence was handed down in the mueller probe. justice reporter lara jarrett joins me "outfront" on the phone with the breaking details. what more are you learning? >> reporter: erin, o'callahan is a verne federal prosecutor. he's prosecuted terrorism cases, high-profile ones, primarily in ne...

I'm quite sure that didn't happen, but the memo is going to suggest it did. and the questions are the other facts going to come out that shows that's not the case? and, you know -- yeah, go ahead. >> i was going to say, looks like the democratic, you know, the democrats' memo, the counterargument will come out, just a question of when. because they're going through a bunch of checks as well. but to you, bobby, as a retired fbi special agent, what i wonder this morning is if this memo is released, regardless of the warnings of the head of the fbi, do you think this has an impact and an importan...